1. (a) An internship program must:

   1. (1) meet the qualifications established by the department;
   2. (2) provide a student with a minimum of 40 hours of hands-on massage therapy experience; and
   3. (3) be conducted on the school grounds or in a clinic or classroom setting provided by the massage school or massage therapy instructor.
2. (b) A student must complete the first 250 hours of required training at a massage school or with a massage therapy instructor before the student is eligible to enter an internship program.
3. (c) A student who is participating in an internship program must be under the supervision and direction of a massage therapy instructor during the hours that the student is working in the program.

4. (d) A student who is participating in an internship program may:

   1. (1) make an appointment with a client;
   2. (2) interview a client;
   3. (3) provide massage therapy, including providing massage therapy for compensation in an amount set by the massage school or massage therapy instructor and paid to the school or instructor;
   4. (4) collect and review a client evaluation with the student's supervisor; and
   5. (5) perform other tasks necessary to the business of providing massage therapy to the public.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 2696), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2005.